SEVEN has a reputation for being a lucky number and it certainly did the trick for Pertemps Bees as they finally managed their first win at the seventh time of asking.

SEVEN has a reputation for being a lucky number and it certainly did the trick for Pertemps Bees as they finally managed their first win at the seventh time of asking.

Launceston, promoted from National Two last season, have re-badged themselves as the Cornish All Blacks, but there was no chance they would be confused with the real thing as Bees ran them ragged all over the pitch.

The victory lifts Bees above Launceston at the bottom and should give confidence to coach Ben Harvey's young side.

Teenage fly-half Jo Carlisle, on loan from Worcester, caused the All Blacks problems and fellow teenage Warrior loanee, Miles Benjamin, was on hand to open the scoring after nine minutes.

The winger ended a move which had involved backs Reece Spee and Peter Murchie. Carlisle added two penalties to put Bees in command.

Spee tried to run the ball from his own line, got caught and Owen Hambly went over, but any thoughts of a comeback vanished when Carlisle jinked over for a try, which he converted. Stuart Aldred landed a penalty to make it 18-8 at the break.

The second half started much as the first had as Carlisle's pace set up Benjamin for his second score.

The game went off the boil with Bees holding the All Blacks fairly comfortably as they tried to get back into the match.

With eight minutes to go, though, any lingering hopes of at least a losing bonus point went when Launceston replacement Pete Fisher attempted to clear from in front of his own posts.

The kick was blocked by Will Matthews, who managed to scramble it over the line for a bonus point, with Dave Knight adding the conversion.

Harvey said: "We controlled the game. In the second half we put a good defensive performance together and then put them under pressure and finished our chances.

"We are not getting carried away with one victory. We know we should have won a couple more times this season. We need to make sure we realise why we won.

"We controlled the ball when we had it and controlled them when they had it. It does not get much simpler than that and we did that better this week than we have done in previous weeks.

"We are playing against a side that are bottom along with us, but we have got a win under our belts, got a bit of self belief and know that what we have been doing does work and we have got to be better at it."